Tribune's WPIX, Three Other Stations Go Dark on Cablevision

MSO and broadcaster are latest to spar over retrans fees

By By Todd Spangler, Multichannel News

Cablevision Systems and Tribune Co. are the latest to stepinto the retransmission-consent fee boxing ring, after the broadcaster's WPIXand three other stations were pulled from the MSO's systems at around midnightFriday.

WPIX, affiliatied with The CW, was dropped fromCablevision's New York-area lineups. The others are WCCT (CW) in Hartford,Conn., carried in a small portion of Connecticut; KWGN (CW) in Denver, carriedin some of Cablevision's Optimum West markets (formerly BresnanCommunications); and Philadelphia's WPHL (MyNetwork), which had been availablein a small portion of New Jersey.

According to Tribune, Cablevision pulled WPIX and the otherstations while the previous retrans agreement was still in effect.